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Sounder

7.5(58)19721h 45mRated G3

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$3,100,601
Language
English
Part of Sounder Collection · 2 films
  • based on novel or book
  • louisiana
  • great depression
  • family relationships
  • urban
  • hardship
  • sharecropper
  • prison camp
  • stealing food
  • 1930s

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Martin Ritt

Produced in

United States of America

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Awards & recognition

Oscar nominations
4
Total wins
5
Total nominations
12
  • Nominated for 4 Oscars
  • 5 wins
  • 12 nominations total

Awards data for Sounder provided by OMDb.

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG24 Sept 1972
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU22 Feb 1973
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalDVD7 Jul 2006

Frequently asked questions

Sounder was released on 24 September 1972.

Audience reviews

1IMDb 7.5/10
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    CinemaSerf

    7/5/2025

    7/10

    After an energetic but fruitless coon hunt, “Nathan” (Paul Winfield) returns home to a family with his young son “David” (Kevin Hooks) and some empty bellies. They are a close and loving bunch and “Nathan” knows that nothing is likely to improve until the cropping season starts - but that is still some months away. Then he goes and gets himself imprisoned for stealing food and that leaves his wife “Rebecca” (Cicely T…

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